Hawaii 2007

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#33FFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0053f781egervt.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Hawaii 2007</B></FONT> <B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> Hawaii 2007   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mothers Day"><U>Mother's Day</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cottage photos"><U>Cottage photos</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Hawaii 2007</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Start at the bottom of the page and work up!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday May 12, 2007</B></div> <div> Today was our first real day at the beach. It was gorgeous out and we had a ball!</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="771" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d177f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d377f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d577f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d777f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0af77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The guys took the kayaks out to a nearby island.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b177190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> I went snorkling, and it was so cool...Ella kept busy in the sand.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0bb77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 522 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b577f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Jon, Mel and Ella</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b977f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Doug was on the phone with Sarah.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 WIDTH="380"><div> <IMG SRC="0bd77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We went to a fascinating old temple, which is now just a pile of stones, but I swear I could feel something there!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="380"><div> <IMG SRC="0bf77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This was the place I needed to find...there was such a sense of history about it!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 506 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c177f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c377f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c777190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> These great big leaves hide a multitude of sins!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0db77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Dinner out at Lucy's in Kailua. Ella was SO not impressed!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0cb77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Of course, she was eating strained stuff, not the real thing!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 506 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0cd77f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0cf77f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>More Friday shots...</B></div> <div> Doug and Jon visited Pearl Harbor and took a tour of the USS Missouri, then went downtown to Waikiki to see the project Jon is working on,</div> <div> the new Watermark "planned residential tower."</div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08d77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08f77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="09577f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="09377f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="09d77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="09977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 304 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="09f77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Doug does NOT like heights...and Jon calmly informed him he'd have to climb DOWN the ladder you see to get to the next floor. He was not a happy camper!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="0a377f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> In fact, I'm surprised he got close enough to the edge to get pictures of Jon looking out...and down. WAY down! (they were on the 32nd floor of a partially completed building.)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a577f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a777f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 538 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ad77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="0ab77f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Melanie, Ella and I spent a couple of hours shopping in Waikiki after lunch at the Sheraton. Definitely a "girls' afternoon!"</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday, May 11, 2007</B></div> <div> Some of the local critters in and around the cottage...we have geckos EVERYWHERE inside, and they make a loud noise between the </div> <div> chirp of a bird and bark of a dog...which definitely gets your attention in the middle of the night! The ones inside are mostly little brown </div> <div> "house geckos," but they move too fast to get a decent photo!</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 337 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="06d77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This little guy, a "gold dust day gecko," was in the kitchen and jumped out of a bag when Doug reached for it...while my husband was getting his heart rate back under control, I caught the critter and moved him outside. He is bright green with what looks like gold dust scattered across his back--absolutely gorgeous!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="06b77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thought about having this for breakfast...not! This guy would have made a meal for two--they grow snails BIG in Hawaii--the shell is about three inches long.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Thursday, May 10, 2007</B></div> <div> Doug and I babysat Ella this morning while Melanie went into the office for awhile. After Doug got a short bike ride in, he got his camera out...which means today's</div> <div> pictures of Dabba and Bompa's trip to Hawaii are all of Ella!</div> <div> (You'll notice she has excellent taste in handbags--Ella was fascinated by my Sven bag from Tutu Carol's purse shop!)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05777f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05b77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05d77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05f77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06177f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06377f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06577f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06777f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Later in the evening, Doug dropped me off at the Borders Express in the Windward Mall where I met up with Kellie Chang. Kellie is the store's </div> <div> Romance Expert, and she is absolutely amazing. She'd arranged for a few of us to get together and meet for munchies at the local IHOP. I hated to leave, but Mel had</div> <div> a fantastic dinner planned...and you know me and food!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> L-R: Kellie Chang, Borders Express Romance Expert, Kate, Amelia (Aunty Peaches) Kelly (Who also does GORGEOUS cover art for Loose Id!) Judy and Ann.</div> <div> Doug picked me up around seven and we went back to Mel and Jon's for a delicious dinner...after Ella went to bed.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0553fff0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="767" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>May 9, 2007</B></div> <div> We started out the day meeting Melanie and Ella at the Bishop Museum. It's a gorgeous museum but much of it is undergoing renovation </div> <div> right now, so we couldn't go into a lot of the areas. However, what we saw was pretty spectacular!</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02a77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02777f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02c77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02e77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 522 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04077f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These tall standards are made of bamboo and feathers....</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04277f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ...they're absolutely amazing!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 304 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03077f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> View of downtown Honolulu from the Bishop Museum.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03277f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Photography doesn't do it justice, but there was a section for kids with black light and cool painted creatures of the deep. Ella loved it!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03477f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03677f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 304 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03877f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Our next stop was the beautiful botanical gardens of Waimea Falls. This red-headed cardinal isn't native to Hawaii, but it's still gorgeous!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03a77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We were here about a year and a half ago, and it was much greener and more lush. Hawaii has been very dry this past year, and it shows, but it's still a beautiful hike.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03c77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03e77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 506 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="04477190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The plant life here is amazing. There are various areas set up with plants from all over the tropics--flowers can be breathtaking. The ginger was not in full bloom yet, but Doug managed to find plenty of neat stuff to get pictures of!</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Our last stop before heading back was at Sunset Beach where we stuck our toes in the water and watched the surfers. It was absolutely gorgeous!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04677f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04877190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04a77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>May 8, 2007</B></div> <div> We arrived in Oahu around noon, Hawaii time. Had a wonderful flight aboard Hawaiian Airlines, got our rental car and headed for Kaneohe.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 304 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="00977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Flying into Oahu--just above that bay in the center of the photo is the Marriott, one of the projects Jon has worked on.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="00b77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This is the cottage where we're staying--it's really cute, definitely funky but quite comfortable...once you get used to the "barking" of the geckos! Those little suckers are LOUD!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00d77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Inside the cottaage. High ceilings and an open floor plan.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="00f77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Looking out the back window toward the bay--and Doug with the newspaper.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="01177f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The most important reason to come to Hawaii! Ella has grown SO much! 15 months old now.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01d77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01777f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01b77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01f77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 506 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="02177f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This is the view of the bay--it's not this visible from the cottage, but once you walk around the screen of palm trees that provides a nice sense of privacy, there it is...and Ella finally decided she'd had enough of wandering around.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01377f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>